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world leaders in heat transfer technology

BASCO
ENGINEERED
SHELL & TUBE
HEAT EXCHANGERS

API Heat Transfer is your one source for custom engineered

shell & tube heat exchangers. With sizes ranging from 3 to 60 in
diameter, and 12 to 40 in length, our API Basco division is a full
service manufacturer. Combining our human talent with our
state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, our applications expertise
with our mechanical design know-how, and our drive to be the
best means our customers get what they pay for and more.
Application Engineering
Our highly knowledgeable and experienced staff of application
engineers use state-of-the-art software technology including
HYSIM, B-JAC and HTRI as
well as proprietary rating
systems developed in-house.
Combining API Bascos
engineering know-how
with sophisticated software
tools ensures the best
solution for each application.
Heat loads, pressure drop
restrictions, phase change,
materials of construction,
numerous international code
requirements, and customer
specications are only some
of the criteria our engineers
assess on every project.
After thorough review of all
the parameters, a complete professional proposal is generated for
the appropriate Basco/Whitlock Shell & Tube design.
Mechanical Engineering
API Basco employs a full mechanical design team to handle all
contract work. Well versed in ASME, PED, and Chinese CML
Codes, as well as other regional pressure vessel regulations, our
designers ensure accuracy of drawings using the latest 2-D and
3-D modeling software. Developing accurate bills of material,
producing all necessary code calculations, and ensuring proper
completion of all required code paperwork and inspection
reports are all part of the daily activities for this team of design
professionals.
Autocad Advanced
Pressure
Cosmosworks
FEA
STXWin B-JAC HTRI
ANSYS FEA
Solid Works
...a name synonymous
with high quality,
cost effective
shell & tube heat
exchangers for over
60 years.
With a proud tradition of
service to both OEM and
End User customers, API
Heat Transfers Basco
division has successfully
met industrys most
challenging heat transfer
applications with robust,
cost effective designs that
endure the test of time.
Manufacturing
API Basco is located in Buffalo, NY within a few miles of
major highway, air and rail transportation. Our 80,000 sq. ft.
manufacturing space
is ISO 9001 certied
and houses extensive
fabrication resources
including various CNC
drilling and machining
centers, turning centers,
and CNC punch presses.
Multiple bridge and jib
cranes, a multi-media
blast facility, burning
table, tube bending equipment, and a vast array of other support
equipment are employed to manufacture high quality, custom shell
& tube heat exchangers.
Inspection and Test
Each stage of manufacturing is subjected to
rigorous inspection and test scrutiny from
incoming material to completed assembly.
A resident ASME authorized inspector oversees the complete
manufacturing operation. Our in-house quality team ensures that
the proper procedures are in-place, that our employees are well
trained, and that all the required inspections occur at the critical
stages of assembly. API Basco is well versed in all major pressure
vessel codes, invests regularly in maintaining our various code
certications and can offer a wide range of testing typical within
the shell & tube industry.
Product Development
API Heat Transfer invests continuously to stay at the forefront of
technology. Our product development staff and on-site test facility
distinguishes API Heat Transfer from many of our peers. We believe
a strong focus on new products adds real value for our customers.
By working closely with our customers during their new product
development or product redesign cycle, API Heat Transfer can
provide a solution that optimizes thermal efciency, pressure loss,
size, weight and price to provide the best overall value.
Markets Served
Include:
Air Separation
Chemical
Compressor
Electronics
Fluid Power
Industrial
Marine
Nuclear
Pharmaceutical
Plastics
Power Generation
Pulp & Paper
Refrigeration
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Engineering Capabilities
In-House
Resources
Degreed staff
engineers
Applications expertise
Mechanical design
know-how
Product development
capabilities
Product
Development
Performance testing
Fatigue testing
Thermal cycling
Prototype development
Thermal software
development
Code Capabilities
ASME Section VIII
PED
TUV
Chinese CML
ASME Section I
TEMA C, B & R
Canadian Registration
Australian AS-1210
Polish UDT
Korean Factory
Registration
Software
HTRI
B-JAC
FEA
3-D Modeling
CFD - Computational
Fluid Dynamics
HYSIM Process
Modeling
In-house engineering
software development
3D Model FEA
Staff Engineer Machine Operator Tube Cutter
API Basco
Buffalo, NY
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Major Equipment
CNC drilling centers
CNC machining centers
CNC turning centers
CNC punch press
(2) 20-ton bridge cranes
Burning table
Tube bender
Multi-media blast facility
High capacity air dryer
Plate n press
Quality Assurance
X-ray
Magnetic particle
Heat treatment
ISO 9001
Resident ASME
code inspector
Helium leak testing
Impact testing
PMI
Special Services
Oil ushing
Hydro testing
Pneumatic testing
Oxygen cleaning
Drying
Special paint
Manufacturing Skills
Torque control rolling
Seal and strength
welding
Polishing, Sanitary 3A
TIG, MIG, GMAW, GTAW,
SAW and SMAW
welding techniques
TEMA tight drilling
tolerances
Integrex Automated Drill Press
Basco Main Floor
Welder Inside Shell Oil Flush System Oil Flush
Manufacturing Capabilities
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Providing Custom Thermal Solutions!
API Basco Shop
Bundle Assembly Area
Basco People & Solutions
API Basco Shop
Type OP Assembly Area
Evaporator with
Disengagement Drum
TEMA BEU Exchanger for
Wastewater Treatment
Gland Condenser
Package
TYPE ES Intercoolers on
a Compressor Package
Stacked TEMA AEWs
with Transfer Values
High Pressure TEMA BEP
Team Basco
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API Basco is a proud member of TEMA - Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers
Association. TEMA members set the standards by which virtually all custom
shell & tube heat exchangers are specied and built. Basco has been a member
since the 1950s, and consequently we have a complete and comprehensive
understanding of the engineering, manufacturing and testing requirements to meet
this world-recognized standard. While other manufacturers may simply interpret the
regulations, API Basco has the requisite member design and fabrication capabilities
to lead the industry by helping to shape and dene those standards for the long-
term benet of all users.
TEMA Shell & Tube Nomenclature
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TEMA BET
Description: Pull through tube bundle q studded internal
oating head to tubesheet joint q multi-pass tubeside or
single pass with Slip Tube design q channel or bonnet
tubeside connection q pressure range 75 psi to 300 psi.
Applications: Liquid heaters with low pressure steam
on the shell side q single and double shell (gas in shell)
compressor intercoolers on renery applications q shellside
gas or oil coolers.
Advantages:
1. Relatively large annulus around outer tube limit (O.T.L.)
and shell I.D. permits entrance to the tube bundle with
little resistance. The results are low entrance-exit
velocities and pressure loss.
2. Easily removable tube bundle.
3. Tube bundle expands freely with no special provisions for
expansion.
Limitations:
1. No gasket leak detection at oating head and tubesheet.
2. Relatively low thermal efciency due to large annulus
between outer tube limit (O.T.L.) and shell I.D. (results in
low shell side heat transfer coefcient).
3. Less tubes for any given shell size compared to other types.
TEMA AES
Description: Removable tube bundle, split clamp-ring
oating head q multi-pass tubeside or single pass with
Slip Tube design q oating head bolted to split clamp-ring
(requires shell cover larger than shell to accommodate
oating head) q pressure range 75 psi to 600 psi.
Applications: Often used in reneries q gas in shell units up
to 600 psi q high pressure seal oil coolers up to 600 psi
q API 660 oil coolers.
Advantages:
1. Higher efciency compared to Type BET units because of
smaller annulus and more tubes per shell size.
2. T ube bundle expands freely with no special provisions
for expansion.
Limitations:
1. No gasket leak detection at oating head.
2. Floating head and xed end connection must be unbolted
to remove tube bundle.
FLOATING HEAD
COVER
GASKET
FLOATING TUBESHEET
GASKET
STATIONARY
TUBESHEET
BONNET
ASSEMBLY
GASKET
SHELL COVER
(Optional)
FLOATING HEAD COVER
SHELL COVER
GASKET
FLOATING END DETAIL
FLOATING
TUBESHEET
FULL FACE
METAL GASKET WITH
BOLT HOLES
SHELL COVER ASSEMBLY
FLOATING END DETAIL
FLOATING TUBESHEET
SHELL
FLANGE
CONFINED
GASKET
FLOATING HEAD COVER ASSEMBLY
CONFINED GASKET
SHELL PIPE
CLAMP RING (SPLIT)
CONFINED
GASKET
FLOATING TUBESHEET
FLOATING
HEAD COVER
ASSEMBLY
SHELL COVER ASSEMBLY
CONFINED GASKETS
CHANNEL ASSEMBLY
STATIONARY TUBESHEET
CHANNEL COVER
CONFINED GASKET
TEMA Shell & Tube Specications
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FLOATING
TUBESHEET
SHELL
ASSEMBLY
GASKETS
PACKING GLAND
PACKING RINGS
TEMA BEP
Description: Removable tube bundle, outside packed oating tubesheet design.
Tubesheet assembly may be of fabricated or forged steel to satisfy design
pressure requirements q tubeside uid is fully gasketed; shellside packing
available in various materials q tubeside pressure range to 3000 psi. Max 150
psi shellside.
Applications: Where lethal or explosive
gasses are involved q where high
pressure is applied only on the tubeside
q where gasket malfunction must be
detectable.
Advantages:
1. No packing exposed to tubeside uid.
2. Compared to BET and BES, outer tube limit (O.T.L.) relatively close to shell I.D.
resulting in increased heat transfer efciency.
3. No possibility of shell and tubeside uids intermixing through packing or
gaskets.
Limitations:
1. One or two pass congurations only.
2. Shellside pressure up to 150 psi
because of packing rings at oating
tubesheet head.
3. Bundle expands into customers
piping.
TEMA BEM
Description: Fixed tubesheet, non-removable bundle q tubesheet welded directly
to shell q single or multi-pass design.
Applications: Chemical processes
q high pressure air and nitrogen
chillers (gas in tubes, freon shellside).
Advantages:
1. Economical design.
2. No possibility of contamination compared to designs with oating head gaskets
(except in tube failures).
3. High pressure shellside designs more easily accomplished than in oating head types.
4. Extremely efcient shellside heat transfer due to small annulus between outer
tube limit (O.T.I.) and shell I.D.
5. Shell design can be modied for large expansion area where partial vaporization
of liquid occurs.
6. No gasketed joints on shellside.
Limitations:
1. No provisions for differential
expansion of tubes and shell without
expansion joint.
2. Shell and tubesheet material must
be weldable.
3. Tube bundle is not removable for
cleaning.
FLOATING TUBESHEET ASSEMBLY
PACKING RINGS
GASKET
PACKING GLAND
STATIONARY TUBESHEET
GASKETS
BONNET ASSEMBLY
TUBESHEET
GASKET
GASKET
TUBESHEET
ELLIPTICAL HEAD
GASKET JOINT DETAIL
TUBESHEET
SHELL PIPE
BONNET FLANGE
GASKET
TEMA Shell & Tube Specications
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ORING RETAINER
GASKET
GASKET
CHANNEL COVER
TELLTALE HOLES
STATIONARY TUBESHEET
FLOATING TUBESHEET
O RING PACKING
Advantages:
1. Highly efcient heat transfer small annulus between
outer tube limit (O.T.L.) and shell I.D.
2. Threaded O ring retainer permits tube inspection and
cleaning without releasing shellside pressure.
3. Leaks easily detected mixing or contamination of uids
eliminated.
4. Channel covers and return heads are easily removable for
bundle inspection and cleaning.
5. Because of full thickness metal of O ring retainer,
possibility of overtightening bolts and resultant O ring
damage is eliminated.
TEMA Shell & Tube Specications
TEMA BEU
Description: U-tube design with pull through, removable or
non-removable tube bundle q furnished in multi-pass design
only q pressure range 75 psi to 3000 psi tubeside and
75 psi to 1500 psi shellside.
Applications: Chemical processes q tank suction heater
q liquid heaters q vaporizers (where partial vaporization of
liquid occurs).
Advantages:
1. Tubes expand freely without special provisions.
2. Single tubesheet minimizes number of tubeside joints.
3. Economical construction.
4. Highly efcient heat transfer small annulus between
outer tube limit (O.T.L.) and shell I.D.
5. Tube bundle easily removable.
Limitations:
1. Outer tube rows must be removed before replacing
inner rows.
2. Requires chemical cleaning.
3. May not be advisable for use where tubeside fouling is
anticipated.
TEMA AEW
Description: Removable tube bundle, one or two-pass design
q double packed oating tubesheet with O rings and
threaded retainer with telltale holes for leak detection q shell
sizes from 6 to 42 q pressure range 75 psi to 600 psi.
Applications: Lube oil coolers q jacket water coolers
q aftercoolers.
SHELL ASSEMBLY
TUBESHEET
TUBESHEET GASKET DETAIL
CONFINED GASKETS
BONNET ASSEMBLY
ORING RETAINER
TELLTALE HOLES
CHANNEL
O RING PACKING
FLOATING TUBESHEET
SHELL PIPE
SHELL FLANGE
PACKED END DETAIL
Limitations:
1. Should not be used for explosive or lethal uids where
packing leak cannot be tolerated.
2. One or two-pass conguration only.
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U TUBES
BONNET
ASSEMBLY
TUBESHEET
CONFINED
GASKETS
Description: Removable pull through bundle, high pressure closure, double shell,
hairpin design q Siller oating ring closure q O ring packing, retainer and split
ring seal shell and tubesheet assembly permits bundle removal from reversing
bonnet end q pressure range 1200 psi to 6000 psi tubeside and 150 psi shellside.
Applications: High pressure
gas-in-the-tube.
Advantages:
1. Replaces several double pipe sections in high pressure appications.
2. High heat transfer efciency due to small annulus between outer tube limit
(O.T.L.) and shell I.D.
3. Maximizes tube count and heat transfer service in given shell size.
4. Water and gas sealed off with two separate gaskets and two sets of bolts.
5. Desirable for applications which impose shell length limitations.
6. Tube bundle easily removable for cleaning or inspection.
Limitations:
1. Outer tube rows must be removed
before replacing inner rows.
2. Requires chemical cleaning.
3. May not be advisable for use where
tubeside fouling is anticipated.
Description: Custom Basco high pressure exchanger q removable pull through
tube bundle, high pressure closure, oating head, outside packed q special Siller
oating ring closure q standard square neoprene packing used between oating
tubesheet and shell ange.
Applications: High pressure
gas-in-the-tube.
Advantages:
1. Replaces several double pipe sections in high pressure applications.
2. High heat transfer efciency due to small annulus between outer tube limit
(O.T.L.) and shell I.D.
3. Maximizes tube count and transfer surface in given shell size.
Limitations:
1. Single pass conguration.
U TUBES
REVERSING
BONNET
RUPTURE DISC(S)
TUBESHEET ASSEMBLY
SEE
DETAIL
A
REVERSING
BONNET
RUPTURE DISC(S)
U TUBES
GASKET
TUBESHEET
ASSEMBLY
SHELL FLANGE
GASKET
SHELL PIPE
O RING RETAINER
O RING PACKING
SPLIT RING
CLOSURE
COVER
METAL
CLOSURE
DETAIL A
GASKET
STATIONARY TUBESHEET
COVER
PACKING RING
RUPTURE DISC(S)
TUBE BUNDLE REMOVED FROM THIS END
GASKETS
COVER
Custom Designs
PACKING
GLAND
PACKING
RINGS
PACKED END DETAIL
(OUTSIDE PACKED FLOATING HEAD TYPE)
SHELL
FLANGE
SHELL PIPE
FLOATING
TUBESHEET
Divisions:
API Airtech ISO-9001 Certied
Air Cooled Aluminum Heat Exchangers
91 North Street P.O. Box 68
Arcade, New York 14009-0068
(585) 496-5755 Fax: (585) 496-5776
API Basco ISO-9001 Certied
Basco/Whitlock Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers
2777 Walden Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14225
(716) 684-6700 Fax: (716) 684-2129
API Schmidt-Bretten Americas
Plate Heat Exchangers and Thermal Systems
2777 Walden Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14225
(716) 684-6700 Fax: (716) 684-2129
API Schmidt-Bretten GmbH & Co. KG
ISO-9001 Certied
Plate Heat Exchangers and Thermal Systems
Langenmorgen 4
D-75015 Bretten, Germany
(49)725253-0 Fax: (49)725253-200
API Heat Transfer (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Air Cooled Aluminum Heat Exchangers
Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers
Plate Heat Exchangers
156 Qingqiu Street, 3rd District
Suzhou Industrial Park
Suzhou, Jiangsu 215126 China
(86)512-88168000 Fax: (86)512-88168003
API Heat Transfer Inc.
2777 Walden Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14225
(716) 684-6700
www.apiheattransfer.com
Contact your local API Sales Representative
or API Heat Transfer directly
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e-mail: sales@apiheattransfer.com
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in a compact space. Plates are pressed from
stainless steel, titanium and other alloys.
Gaskets of nitrile, EPDM, Viton

, compressed
ber and Teon

are used. Capacities range

from 0.5 to 10,000 GPM.
Gasketed Plate Heat Exchangers
The Sigmawig all-welded plate heat exchanger
has operating temperatures as high as 750 F
and as low as -320 F, and operating pressures
as high as 360 PSI. The unique concept of
this rugged heat exchanger makes it a viable
solution for many heat transfer needs previously
thought only suitable for shell & tube designs.
Welded Plate Heat Exchangers
Combines the high thermal efciency, compact
design, and low volumetric liquid hold-up of a
plate heat exchanger with the leak prevention
of a shell & tube. Ideal for ammonia applications.
Semi-Welded Plate Heat Exchangers
Unique, patented plate-n design for centrifugal
or axial compressor intercooler and aftercooler
applications and minimal pressure loss. Design
eliminates separators. ASME code design is
standard. Diameters from 20 (50.8 cm) to
120 (30.38 cm).
Extended Surface
High efciency, brazed aluminum coolers for
cooling a wide variety of liquids and gases with
ambient air. Lightweight, yet rugged. Capable
of cooling multiple uids in single unit. Models
can be supplied with cooling fan and a variety
of drives.
Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers
Straight or U-tube, xed or removable tubesheet
general purpose exchangers designed to cool
oil, water, compressed air and other industrial
uids. A variety of port congurations and
materials are available. Diameters from
3 (7.62 cm) to 12 (30.48 cm).
Hubbed Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
Utilizing the SigmaStar plate, this evaporator
system is designed to remove water or other
solvents, while concentrating solutions.
SigmaStar Systems can be pre-assembled
and pre-tested prior to shipment for quick
and easy start up.
SigmaStar

Evaporator Systems
Contact API Heat Transfer to order all your
replacement parts. Only genuine parts
manufactured to the original specications
of your heat exchanger will ensure proper
performance. Many items such as gaskets,
bonnets, and PHE thermal plates are available
from stock.
Genuine Manufactured Parts